Chapter 982 Dar es Salaam City Circle
“By 1905, in terms of transportation, the national railway mileage should reach 150,000 kilometers, and in terms of urban rail transportation, two new Dar es Salaam city subways will be built. and intercity railways, connecting the first town with the Rhine City and Soga City, expanding the Rhine City subway network, cement and asphalt roads exceeding two million kilometers, and building 12 new canals. Connecting the water transportation network between Mozambique and central China.”
After the capital was moved, the political status of the original first town and city declined, which meant that the first town and city lost its original political industry, so the first town and city. If it is not abandoned, it can only continue to develop by merging with the city of Dar es Salaam. Due to the problem of moving the capital, the resources of the first town and city can no longer support its continued development.
Sweite used a red pen to circle the cities of Dar es Salaam, Bagamoyo, First Town and Soga in an enlarged version of the map of Maritime Province (formerly Central Province). .
“Please take a look, I think everyone is familiar with these four cities in the east on the map. After all, most of us have worked in the first town before.”
"The problem now is that the development of the first towns and cities in the past relied on the highest priority political resources, including hospitals, schools, transportation, industries, etc., all centered around political services."
" But with the completion of the relocation of the capital, it also means that the original city of the first town The ecology cannot be maintained, and most of the medical, educational, and industrial resources have been split up and reorganized in the Rhine City. Even the population of the first town is less than 50,000. "
Ernst. At this time, he also added: "Although the first town and city lost its original status after the capital was moved, it still remains It is the political center and one of the transportation hubs of Binhai Province. The urban construction is also quite complete. Therefore, the arrangement for the first town and city is to make full use of its advantages and ensure its subsequent development. My current idea is to merge the first town and city into Da. This is conducive to strong alliances in the economic zone of Es Salaam City.”
Although the capital of East Africa has been changed, the government of the former Central Province and the current Coast Province is still in the first town and city. During the period when it served as the capital, the first town and city accumulated a large amount of medical, educational and administrative resources, although most of them were moved with the relocation of the capital. transferred to the Rhine city, but the remaining resources are also considerable in size and quality.
Just like when the administrative divisions of the Far Eastern Empire were changed in the previous life, the educational resources of some canceled administrative divisions will still remain in the local area, and the first town and city are in a similar situation.
As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. This is the case in First Town. Although it is far less economical than Dar es Salaam, in terms of public resources such as administration, education, and medical care, First Town is even larger than Dar es Salaam. The city of Dar es Salaam needs to be developed.
Sweite continued: "The first town can be used as a satellite city of Dar es Salaam, and cooperate with Soga City to form the technological, political and cultural center of the Eastern Coast Province, and build a greater Dar es Salaam. Lamu City’s economic development cluster will enable it to overtake European and American megacities.”
“With the development of the four cities of Dar es Salaam, Bagamoyo, First Town, and Soga City, the urban population in the region exceeds one million. In terms of economy, culture, education, and medical care, It is also in the first echelon in the country in terms of transportation. If we want to achieve the coordinated development of the four cities, the core issue is Solve traffic obstacles. ”
“Currently, there are direct railway connections between First Town, Soga City, and Dar es Salaam City, and Bagamoyo City and Dar es Salaam City. Mu City is connected by the Eastern Coast Railway, and there is a canal connecting the first town and Bagamoyo City, which forms a The triangular transportation network, with roads connecting the four, has obvious inherent advantages in the transportation field.”
“It’s just that the transportation network used to be centered on the first town and city, but now it is the first town and city. Obviously it cannot assume the task of guiding economic development in the region.”
"At the same time, in order to release the economic vitality of Dar es Salaam, build a new bridgehead for the Indian Ocean economy, promote the division of labor in eastern cities, and enhance my country's industry and industrial upgrading, cluster development is an inevitable option."
"In On this basis, we will further improve local transportation and realize the coordinated development of the four cities. It is also on the agenda. "Although the transportation in the four cities of Dar es Salaam was developed in the past, its established transportation network mainly served the whole country. After all, Dar es Salaam is one of the major ports in eastern Africa. In the early days, when the territory was limited to the East African region, it was the only important outlet to the sea. At that time, Mombasa had not yet developed.
Correspondingly, there is still greater room for progress in the coordinated development of cities in Binhai Province. In the past, due to the limitations of the times, local transportation focused on serving the whole country. Now the East African government is Its transportation must provide convenience for regional economic services.
Obviously, it is impossible for East Africa to cancel the original functions of local established transportation, so it can only re-plan and build a new transportation network that serves the local economic and industrial integration on this basis, and the key to this is It is the construction of intercity railways and highways.
Sweet continued: “That is to build an intercity railway loop around Dar es Salaam, connecting Dar es Salaam, Soga, First Town and Bagamoyo. , to achieve smooth flow of people, logistics and information. ”
“At the same time, build inter-city expressways, which are direct highways between the four cities, to facilitate the connection of future automobiles and other road transportation. This will not only ease the original transportation network. The pressure will also further enhance the ability of the four cities to develop collaboratively.”
“At the same time, the new Dar es Salaam city circle will cover the education and scientific research of the original first town and Soga city. resources, promote the development of emerging industries, integrate the shipbuilding industry in Bagamoyo City and Dar es Salaam City, while providing a large amount of developable land and more industrial population, and promote more efficient economic development in the Maritime Province. ”
In fact, the educational and scientific research resources of Dar es Salaam and Bagamoyo are not bad to begin with. If First Town and Soga City are integrated, their scientific research capabilities and potential will directly exceed the current ones in East Africa. Scientific research center Mbeya city.
After all, the educational and scientific research resources of these four cities are among the first echelons among East African cities.
Education and scientific research resources are only one of them, and industrial integration is the big one. Originally, Dar es Salaam and Mombasa were all-round players among East African cities, and they had no shortcomings in many industrial fields. , if merged with Bagamoyo City, its industrial scale will be further enhanced.
Bagamoyo City is not a small city among current East African cities, but a relatively developed medium-sized city. It is also the current shipbuilding manufacturing center in East Africa, with a population of more than 300,000, so The combined population of Dar es Salaam and Bagamoyo alone has exceeded one million, and together with First Town and Soga City, the population exceeds one million.
In terms of distance, several cities are relatively densely distributed, and the distance between them is no more than 60 kilometers. If they were first-tier cities in the Far Eastern Empire in later generations, they would be enough to achieve urbanization.
Of course, in the 19th century, there was obviously no way to achieve this in East Africa. After all, there was no way to achieve seamless transportation, so the concept of urban circles is more in line with four cities including Dar es Salaam. .
The only shortcoming of the local area is estimated to be insufficient mineral resources, and it cannot be as deep into the inland economy as the Far Eastern Empire Shanghai. After all, the topographic characteristics of East Africa determine that multiple center points will be formed along the East African coast in the future. , rather than the city of Dar es Salaam being the only one.
After all, in the past, when East Africa only had the coasts of Tanzania and Kenya, the city of Dar es Salaam could not stabilize the city of Mombasa.
(End of this chapter)